diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 59faac4de181..50bf262cc427 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -766,6 +766,7 @@ static struct mm_struct *mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *p,
 	mm_init_cpumask(mm);
 	mm_init_aio(mm);
 	mm_init_owner(mm, p);
+	RCU_INIT_POINTER(mm->exe_file, NULL);
 	mmu_notifier_mm_init(mm);
 	clear_tlb_flush_pending(mm);
 #if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) && !USE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCKS